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Ah, let me clear something up for all you confused by something in the last chapter; Lily bumping into Kouran. It was an immediate action, hit and let go. Any color gained would have been so minute it wouldn't have been noticeable. Hikou had gain color because Lily had held onto his arm (the first occurrence) for an extended amount of time. Is that a good explanation? (It was a good question to ask Akari kitsune So thanks).

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Akari kitsune– Yey for the tear. Lol. That'll be explained in due time. I hope my little blurb up above helped answer that question.

Chichiri's Wanderer– You do realize I love making horrid twists in my stories right? Maybe not, I haven't done much of them in this story, but I do from time to time in my other ones. So who knows, I might just do the same here. –laughs evilly…. cough- Yep, the tear has meaning, it'll be explained soon enough, so I will not spoil it for anyone. Lol. I'm not stopping either of my stories until the end. Which this one is coming close to... not exactly sure how many chapters are left though :P

BoomishkittishThe OVA's are the sequal's so to speak. They're after the second season (meaning after episode 52). They're known as Oni and Eikoden (there are two OVA's). If you've met Hikou in the anime then you've seen the first OVA, if you've seen the ones where Tasuki has long hair (in a ponytail) then you've seen the second OVA. Good questions, but I'll leave the story to answer them :D

ChirikoFan Thank you. I'm glad so many people are enjoying it :) You need not wait anymore… for this chapter anyway. Lol.

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Chapter 16

Hauntingly dark clouds filled the sky, lightning blared across it in an almost unnatural way, followed by the roaring of the beastly thunder. Wind ripped through the air as if a hurricane was passing through. The vegetation was all but alive, all the trees that had once stood tall and proud now lay on their sides as if beggars to the storm.

Gloom filled the air like an unrelenting beast spent upon stealing the joy of anyone who entered its lair. Hatred intermixed with the treacherous beast and was all to ready to fill those who had lost their happiness with such bitterness they had never before felt.

The realm of the gods had been tainted and twisted into a nightmarish place.

A shiver ran down Lily's spine as she came to witness the full effects of Fenrir's dominance in the realm. Never had she thought things would be so horrid, but now she was face to face with the truth of it all.

"What would have happened had I gone home?" Lily asked herself aloud.

"Terrible things," Kouran replied with a saddened look as she too took in the scene playing out before them. "The state of this would have spread out to the other one. Chaos would run rampant and soon everything would fall out of the natural order."

Lily cast her eyes to the floor, letting pieces of her hair fall into her face as the wind ripped at it, "And it still could."

"I don't think so," Kouran told her with a smile, "I believe you can do as the gods wish."

Thunder crashed above their head, bringing their attention to it for a moment. Sighing Kouran motioned for Lily to follow her, "Come, there is still a ways to go before we can begin thinking of the end."

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Those glowing eyes that belonged to the enemy became more than just a fierce gaze as their bearers came into the light made by the crystal ball Lily has disappeared through. The greenish sway of the light gave the creatures an ire look, but at least it allowed the three warriors to see their adversaries.

The creatures turned out to be different in size and shape. Some were like the lizard that had attacked Hikou back in the tunnel, others were wolfs with their sharp teeth glistening viciously in the light, and some were even great beast of the wilderness, the tigers.

Cursing Tasuki raised his fan and was about to say the enchantments to unleash the power of his tessen when Chichiri stopped him. "Don't use your energy yet!" he yelled at him as he brought the base of his staff down upon a lizards head before it had the chance to bite him. "Conserve it for as long as you can!"

Growling the bandit leader knew his friend was right. Taking his tessen from it position above his head he brought it down upon the back of a wolf after stepping to the side to evade being bitten or clawed. "This is going to be harder than I thought," he growled as he swatted another wolf with his tessen. "If they were human this would be easier."

"It's not supposed to be easy," Hikou half growled as he launched a water assault at a few of the offending beasts, knocking them off balance for only a moment. "Fenrir wants us dead."

Chichiri side stepped to evade a tiger's bite, but did not completely evade a claw as it skimmed by his leg. Flipping his staff in his hands he smashed it as hard as he could into the back of the beast's neck, both stunning and knocking it to the ground. "He won't get his way if we have anything to say about it."

"Lily'll tell him that for us," Tasuki half cried as he once again brought his tessen down upon an offending beast.

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Sighing heavily Lily hugged herself in an attempt to keep her calm in the unpleasant world of the gods. The atmosphere of the place was starting to penetrate into her very soul and it was making her very uneasy.

"Hold on Lily," Kouran said as she looked over her shoulder at the girl. "You've made it this far already, don't give in so easily now."

Nodding Lily rubbed her arms as if cold and continued forward at the same pace she had been. 'I need to do this,' she reminded herself. How she was going to end it all she wasn't sure. She had never before battled, nor had she ever shown any great amounts of courage required for such a heroic feat, but, somehow, she was going to have to make it all work in her benefit.

Rubbing her head she began to wonder if making Hikou alive once more was such a wise decision. Her head ached badly and the unpleasant feeling of the realm was not helping it any. If anything the constant bombardment of unhappiness and hatred on her body was causing her even more pain. Perhaps she should have listened to Hikou and waited…

Looking up to Kouran she wondered it she would live through the ordeal to help Kouran as she had Hikou. It would be most unfair if she had to remain a spirit when two of her most trusted friends were now alive. 'I'll have to do something about that before the end.'

"How much further is it Kouran?"

The spirit came to a stop and turned to her, a weary smile playing on her face. "We're here."

"Wha-" the question could not be finished as suddenly a tall looming building appeared before them. The black of the stone complemented the dark sky and down cast emotions of the world. The mere appearance of it sent a shiver down her spine. It held the pain, misfortune, anger and sadness of the entrapped gods.

"Byakko and the others must be locked in there," Lily said as she clutched her hands near her breast in worry.

"Undoubtedly so," Kouran replied as she looked over her shoulder at the building. "Such an unpleasant place would be the most dreadful prison for any and all of the gods."

"Something Fenrir would enjoy," Lily added softly.

Kouran nodded, but quickly sighed. "I'm afraid this is where I depart in the journey."

"Huh?"

"I've played my part," she told her, "The rest is now up to you."

Lily bowed her head and sighed, "Why must I do this alone?"

"Hey," Kouran came to stand in front of her, causing the girl to lift her head, "You're never truly alone so long as you hold your friends dear," Kouran told her with a smile. "That is something I have learned in death."

Lily smiled softly, "Thank you."

A nod was all Kouran replied with for the subject. "Now go get Fenrir for us all."

"Right," Lily nodded.

Looking up at the building she could have sworn she could hear the malice filled laughter of Fenrir within the fierce wind that blew across the desecrated lands.


So Lily is really on her own now. Will she even make it through the building to fight Fenrir?

Find out in the next chapter.

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